Mounting structure



y Aug. 31, 1943. L. H. VON OHLSEN MOUNTING STRUCTURE Filed Aug. 6, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 NA K T WM a m a mm [a 3 u ATTORNEYS Aug. 31, 1943. 1.. H. VON oHLsEfl' MOUNTING STRUCTURE Filed Aug. 6, l94l 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 J INVENTOR Zoo/s Ko/v Oust/v.

ATTORNEYS iglmpmaswm wl mem s-M 1;1943

r standard elements and ,secured" tqgthgr a a 5 V Y finit-"foi'attaghmrititq t hecarinsachamai ner itliat the" individual elsmentsbf the lini tmayflbe I detached as des ired forpurposes o1 rqpair or re- 1 .iconstrilction forsuch an equipmerjit unit by 'whlchthe unitfcan be jattafihedto ther '1. power unitinstallatipn, l and repair .or replace i m en t Itis accordinglyahqthgr objctbt this in s V vention tdprovidea mgbunti ngorchalssisibr such a pojw er unit; which ppvia tes the :abdve' diflicril'pis rand disadvantagsf l his application is related to r'riy copeiidingaplplicatipn, Serial No. 405,597; med herewithgand" discloses in general the samefiriechanisrri asth atr more particularly described in myflsaid copnd ing applicationp My pop ending applicatibnjis di- 7 rectsd particularly to; the operapir fielat'idnship of th'e various oitmnsw fin}; abparafius aridto n f t uct res: theYgiarJ Anotheiibbje'ct"isitpj i i'dvide a moiintingconstructionofltiie abqye 1 nature aha'racteriz'e'd' by simplicity; rigidity and L i of construction;cdmbinatioris of elements,

6f quipment unit andits 1mm ut t a mitt n i i m r frqn tome car structuraflqther objects will be "3 an; a A injer tion accqrdinglylcdnsiststjn the teaand arrai gementsllof pa tsaswiu; be exemplified in the" structure to hereinafter described and H pp licatlon l "d fi yd n h olldiwm g ms mentoffiiyinventidnf 5 A Figure '1 is asideelevatiqn 01 a, railway pass- W #PQWWQM Part mts uihe the control; whereas the present applicatiop 1 1 directed particularly to' thefr'noun ting arrar1g- 11161111 bf the structur My.'copending application is therefore incorporated "herein and refer- M ehcemayb hadtheretqfor details. 1'

".n'ger "bar providedwith'my gquipri ent riitand Figure 211s an enlarged sirpliodsdfisoifietricview i Similar reternceicharaitsrs :ilei i shinn r I parisjthro i'gi out the iarioi is jrigjizs ot the ary:

Mi dew r ilway passcngricars; ai'e ot ten mul'pped with a" un ts. power system :fortppep r I su ngthe' lighting syst m; air bbnditlonirig pp imparted to the chassis.

scribegi'ingratef detail hereir blowz j *As shdwn-inf'fiig relchassis neom nsesas pair of elongatejd channel"membersJI'Itand", which are secured ttigethar in"spaced, para1l1"re lation by'a pair'qffl-beamsia and 20, Beams 1,9 ans 20 are prfprab ly secl i'r g topl ami'el sglj'l and i s by weldinsfar d m y psattachsd tothe'chan;

nels' near the "ends thereo; Through the prov} siqiibi tli channels; whichare U- shap edincrpss'J .s sectiom and the Z beams, substantial rigidityiis 1} i tThus channl f Hf'and i undrlieths a'ir siJr Icture l ljwjhiiiyasshbwn in Figure 5, comprises paralle l'spazeq ms r m n,

ne members 1 la fand 1 lb frdmz which chgssis l z ratusand' auXiIiariesISucIra bower unit may i includsa'generatdr, and;where thecarincludes air conditioriing .equipiiient,' l the generatozf joqupled to thecompifesspr in theairi coriditionli ig 1 abparatus. It has been. fouxidfcdnvenient tofuse 'standaiid'geperators compressqrs,'b i as these 1 P8118" is p viqs l integrally-formed with the flange.

, structure, and accordinglytq the car,

I "Referring back] tO Figure Q, channel I chassis]; is lprovided -wi-th apair of 'spaced blocks I 7 3'8' and 39 directly every which are a pair ofv holes 7 re list i ez r ten dingf through web 13 ti es we illustratively inwardly extending flange 27pm vided with a hole 28, and this flange 21 is rigidly reinforced by a pair of webs 29 and 3%! which are As shown, these webs lie on opposite sides of hole 28.

' Hanger 2! is also preferably provided with a stif- I fening web- 31 which is integral with the inner "and lower'sides' of hangerflanges 23 and-2i, respectively; (It will-thus appear that hanger flange '21 is rigid with relation to the rest of the hanger,

Chassis is suspended from car floor" channels Ila-and ilb (Figure by hangerslfi i; As I 7 shown in Figure 3, hanger flanges: overlies the lower flange of floor channel lib, andinte i floor channel is arubber pad 32which transfers the weight of chassis l2 and unit I3 (Figure l) to .the'carfioorlstructure l l.v A bolt 33 (Figure ends through holet 28 in hanger, flange 21.,

r Wiircirnv han er fl n P as to avoid V transrn ssionfof vibration. ifis'oitss is held in proper position by a nut "3 threaded on its lower end. I Freferably a metal washer" 36 is disposed between the bottom of hanger flange 27 and the top 6r rubber pad '32, another washer 31 preferab y'lbeing interposed between thehead of bolt 33 the topof rubber washer 3i. i

: ,L'It win ne a nea; that chassis: l2 (Figur -i and power unit L3,}the total. weight of which is substantial is directly supported on live rulbber by t he car fioor structure I I in such a manner that vibration resulting from operation of the I power unitis no t t tee i iefi t he a V5 f g 'channel fI-l is sin-11 y prosuspension I o fezia-nd 53.; 'Tifis latter set is: blocks as, M, and

" Shift}; provideiasiwilllbel described in detail below, suppG'r ting surfaces} irom which genera;

Ttor i-5 and;connected compressor l6 aresus- I s nsed;

ferahryI are provided withla Q'clrivnerallyflindie'ated at 54, comdriveniby 'inotor r41; Driven diso' s2 i tewara er away from t e s 'braeets e1; andto the "top so that :its under surface is rigidly held to a'hori i 'zontal plane. 2 j 4 et an & ed ol e 45! of these :blecksare preferably weldedto their I re p iie heenelsa t a w l be-m n ed, est

' p ide p r i s faees.f th a i nternal combustion motor 4 2.- r Qhassischannel Ihts-weldedtherete another o f 'bloc'ks 46 and {11 underlyingholes48 and 49 extending through the web Help of the-channel. Channell-ilfis also provided with anotherpai-r -of 1 supporting blocks 59 and 5| and adjacent :holes f jane'geiimtor ['5 ay b sses soprovided with alip'lii fidentical with the spacing between supporting V blocks "42 and M for example, so that when sup- 7 porting member 53 is installed on chassis l2, legs and 69 rest respectively on biocks 33 and 39, while legs H and?! rest respectively on blocks.

I rposed between hanger'fiange. 21 andthe flange of the thereof a mounting plate E2 (see also Figure 53 the latter of which is adapted to be secured to a tubular supporting unit generally indicated at 63 (Figure '2). I comprises a heavy elongated tube M on the opposite ends of which are welded supporting plates E5 and 66. Plate 65 has a wideslot 6". cut therein to form a pair ofspaced legs fishnets. Plate 68 is similarly-provided with a slot 3% and spaced legs M and i2.- Each of the legs on plates and'fiii is provided with a hole'iis, and'the spacing between the legs, for example legs H and '62, is

1 42 and 531' When the legs are positioned on their respective blocks, holes 53 in the legs'register 0, throug'hithe. lower flange ofI t'he' car I channelto restrain excessive relative movement between the I hanger and 1 the "car; floor channel, The/head o'f bolt "3 is insulate'd 'arubber was respectively with channel holesnfifi, M, 46' and I so as a o. zreceiv'e' bolts 14' (Figure '15) L, 'IBdlts I M haveliiutsjflfi, thre'ad'edipn their'outerpends which pressjwashers it; against the side ichan v nels Hand i8iofchassislzaid cordinglylsecurelv'hold supperting memberii'3' rigidlyj'in place v onthe chassis.

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to the end"o'f rmature shaft st of generator I15; Thus'rnoto'r I}! and generator T5 may readily be connected or iiliscorinected rnerly I bymoviiig'o e Supporting 'iiiemberts (figure2i also weldedjthereto a p'air of L-shaped, brackets;I-1 l-' and ls-the bottom horizontalffiang'es Illa and Yflb of which aredi-illedwith holes 19 which regi'ster l with holes, $0 on" mounting Tp'late L52 tore ceiv fboltsiil (Fig-ure '5) by whiclhmotdif M is i I secured to brackets ll-and 18 and ac'cordihgly td l. v ,vsupportingnieinber'fifi Preferably the'supporti ing member is "bolteditothe mo'to'n andfbothare Th'iSis done 1 and motor installed in tlieir0perativpositio by lifting theaa'ssernbled s pp'ort; m upwardlyfinto .eh as'sis :12 so tmtrwmsgraf and 39-, for example; pass through fslo'ts. Miami 67. \Vhen 'snpport 63' has beensufiicientl y ra ed. so that it andmotor- Meanfbemnved longitii dinally of chassis T2 withoutl'interference 'by any of the lilockgslippont its "is zthenmove longitiie smelly ofthe cha'ssis'i until the legs are iii-align ment with their respective mocks; I When motor I' l is in thisposit'ion, l-Sa of Z,-beam I9} andhole em in brackets 61 register with holes 1% in theZ -Yibaflr'toerecive securing bolts (not shown) ,i'ltf will now appear that z-hea'r'n ifiiiand support .153 .secu'rely suspend motor M'frorn chassis 12. T

welded thereto .in spacedrela'tiona of angle beams t2 and} uses; aisbinisurle; Each of;

these beams has .an larcuate'iportion cutirorn fthe 1 vertical flange theredfjas at tea ion heath; 52; so

erator casing and actor n ly'. area for welding purpo's and 85, ,p rovide d with h01es',,"8BIfaiid B1,, respec' tivelv. Beam "83 is ,lsirnilarly pnoviiied "with end extend respectively;

Angle beams 82 'a'rrdl'liit are welded to eneratorii's'ty adistance equal to the distance between sup'pnrt'ing fbieeksiteana :51,

for exam le, oncha ssis' cnannlifl; the generator and its supporting an amiss-ere i stalled inioperativei iatesaeane ss resttnrsuppb ftin siocksttsand as, while endfplatfe's 881 an *ea erfbeamisa rest are .mitnisposition,gzihannel holes tsanaisz reg; ste'r: with lieam'plateholes'tdanwfll and chan Supporting unit 53 preferably,

assets 1 6 1' abut me .still referring tollifigure 2, genratori]3 90 and 9|, Each pair' of reglstering holes receives a nut, bolt and washer similar to nut, bolt and washer 14', 15 and 'lfi shown in Figurefi.

It'will now appear that generator 15, together with connected compressor l 6, is installed onand secured to chassis +2 in much; the same manner as that described above with respect to motor fL' It shouldalso be noted that 'either the -moe tor or thegenerator may beinstalledfirst, as regardless, of which a is flrst 'fastened'in place, the? othermay readily be lifted in and thenimoved longltudinally ofthe chassis until a driving con nection is "effected by coupling by the entry l of drivingpins 56intoholes 51fj'Iomakecertain. 'ofthe alignment of theaxes of driving shaftiB- and-armature shaft fid' the upper surfaces of the severalsupportingblocks onchassis channels Hand I8 are all machined in one operation so that such surfaces lie inthe same horizontal-- plane. This, assures alignment of the axes of,

motor l4 and generatorli.

t It'will now appear thateither motor It or gen v erator l5 may be individually installed; on chassis l2 or detached therefrom by tightening or loosening the few bolts by which eachis; secured to the chassis. It will also appearthat the ,chassis with the, motor and generator secured thereto can also beinstalledon or detached from car floor structure ll (Figure 1) as a unit through the manipulation j of bolts, 22 which-\secure chassis 12 to hangers 2| (Figure 2).

Accordingly I have provided a railway car equipment unit; together with structure for a mounting the unit on a car, which attains inla thoroughly practical and efficient several objects referred to above. i

As many possible embodiments may bemade of manner the i the above inventionand as, many changes might be made in the'embodimjent above'setforth, 1t

is to be understood that all matter fhereinbefore 1 set forth, or'shown in the accompanying drawings, is to be interpreted as illustrative and "not in a limiting sense. i l l I claim:]

1.,,In avehicle members, a plurality of inverted-L bracket membersattached to said beam "members with each ofsaid bracket membersf presenting a downwardly'extending supporting portion,-a substan tially rectangular frame having ,longitudinal members 1 extendingdalong" and removablyyattached to said supporting portions, a bridge mern'- ber extending across said frame and related at its ends to said longitudinal members for longi- 'tudlnal and then vertical detaching-movement,

a motor rigidly attached to said bridgemember to be supported thereby, an electric generator having aplurality of bridging support members attached at their ends to said longitudinal members, and means constituting a detachable me- C chanical coupling between said motor and said,

generator.

r 2., In railroad car construction, incombination,

construction, in combination; a frameconstruction comprising a pair of-beam I a 2,328,813 a ma holes 49 and 5a register withbeam plate holes tric power is deliveredztoa load from apower, unit whichincludes-a generator driven by a motor. v and wherein the entire power unit may be readily I removed. or eitherythe. motor or the generator may be"independentlyremoved, theco'mbination 1 of, means constitutingia reliable support means} a supporting frame attached to said support 1 allel horizontal sidemembers.andl-a'pair of end tendinginwardly with respect to the sideseof said removable: frame; a plurality of bridge membersextending across said removable frame and rest ing upon said ledge portions, and aumotor at-:

tached tooneof said bridge'members and having integral flange means rigidly bolted to said re-z movable frameq'i 1 a I Q i 3. .In'apparatus'of the character wherein electmeans andincluding a pair .of substantially parlmembers, a bridge member extending across said supporting frame andlhaving end means interengaging withs'aid side membersandadapted to l bedisengaged by movement of said bridge mem- .ber longitudinally of the" supporting frame, a motor-rigidlykattached to said bridge member and having integral"flange means ri'gidly at- 'tached'to one of said endmembersto thereby prevent longitudinal; movement of {said bridge member with respect to said supporting frame. l

4. In apparatus ofthe character wherein electric power is delivered to a load from apower unit whichincludes agenerator driven by a motor and wherein it is desirable to suspend the q entire power unit for ready removal or forthe faces of the supporting frame so that when the attaching means between the bracket meansand a .v the supporting frame are removed the supporting, i 1 frame is readily 'm'oveddownwardly free of the bracket; meansja removable bridge member 'ex tending across saidsupporting frame and removablyattached at its endsto the sidemembers of the supporting frame, a motor rigidly carried, by said bridge member, a generator having bridging l l bracketsqattachedjtheretoand-said brackets be ing in'turn remo'vably attached to theopposite sides of said supporting frame, and a detachable mechanical'coupling betweensaid motor and'said generator and adapted to be separatedb'ymerely "causing" relative longitudinal movement between 7 j said generator and said motor. a j 5. Inlrailroad car constructiomin combination,

soar having a floor structure'including ar pairj e of spacedfparallel supportingiflariges, a plurality l of inverted Lbrackets each havingahorizontal Y portionv resting upon one of said supporting wardly therefrom, a removable frame attached v flanges and a vertical portion extending downto the vertical portions of said bracketsfla plurality of ledge portions having upper surfaces which are ina single horizontal plane and erra car having a floor structure including spaced parallel sills having outwardly; extending. hori-,

zontal flanges, a frame-like chassis, a plurality of hanger members secured tolsaid chassisand V f having inwardly extending flanges, means forming a vibration absorbing connection between said hanger flanges and said sill flanges whereby said hangersflangesjembrace said sills to suspend said chassis therefrom, a power unit, and means chassis.

, forydetachably securing said power unit to said 6. In railroad carco'nstruction, in combination, I 'acar having afloor structure, a'chassis secured to" said noor structure and including a pair of spaced parallel supporting elements, a pair of spaceci blocks securedto each of said supporting elements, each of said blocks having a :lroriz'ontal supporting surface, said horizontal 'sulaporting suntac'es all lying inth'e same horizontal piane,,'a bridge member having 'a'pair of spaced suppor mg feet at each end thereof, the spacing between said feet being the same as that between said blocks and the space at'the side of the M'D'G'KS being unobstructed so that the bridge irieinber maybe moved vertically the respective feet -movin'g at the sweet the'blooks, each p'air oi feel; being adapted to rest on one ipair' of lai'oolis,

means for detachably securing said bridge meme ber'in positior-i 'onsaidrt assis, thereby to hold salidfieet in place on said blocks, and a power iinit secured to said bridge member whereby the power-unit may be removed by detaching "said means and 'thenmovingthe power. unit and bridge member l'ongitmiinallyv of said parailel members a so that reach of-saidi'eet is moved to.

the sideo'f its block and then thepower'unitmay be, lowered from said chassis) '7. Apparatus according to claim 6 wherein there is-fprovided a driven member, mean's forme mg :a detachable connection between said driven member and said power unitandatlapted to, be separated by causing relativeiorigitudinal'meve- 7 m'entr b'etwee'n said power unitand said elriven I driven member-to sai'd ehassief .Appar'atus aecord-ing to cl'ai-mg2 iiiemloer and means for detachably eecuringeaid wherein there is provided a generator, means forminga detachable coupling between said motor and said generator, and means for attaching said generat'or to another of said bridge member-s j LOUIS Hr VON OHLSEN. v I 

